MRPC
News
July 28, 2005
For immediate release
For more information, contact:
Bonnie J. Prigge, (573) 265-2993
REGIONAL HOUSING AGENCY ELECTS OFFICERS
ST. JAMES-Crawford County Presiding Commissioner Ed Worley was elected chairman
of the Phelps County Public Housing Agency, the organization providing subsidized
housing assistance to very low-income residents in Crawford, Dent, Gasconade,
Maries, Phelps and Washington counties. The group met June 9 at the Meramec
Regional Planning Commission in St. James.
Other officers elected at the June 9 meeting were Dent County Presiding Commissioner
Jim Biggs as vice chairman and Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost
as secretary.
A seven-member board made up of the presiding commissioners in the six counties
involved and one housing participant governs the Phelps County PHA. The PHA
contracts with the Meramec Regional Planning Commission to operate the program.
It serves the Meramec Region with the exception of the city of Rolla, which
has its own public housing authority, and Osage County, which is served by a
Boone County agency.
Housing assistance is provided to very low-income residents who meet federal
income criteria and other eligibility requirements. The Phelps County PHA takes
applications for rental assistance on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to
11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at its office at 4 Industrial Drive in St.
James. Persons in Washington County can meet with housing staff and complete
applications from 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the first and third Tuesdays at the
Washington County Library, 235 E. High St. in Potosi. Persons needing more information
should contact the housing office at (573) 265-4200.